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If a nation expects different and beautiful results, yet doing the same ugly thing; the leaders must be mentally unstable.

BY DONS EZE We have been following with keen interest, but with cautious optimism, the recent decision by the governors of the South East Zone, after their one-day meeting in Owerri, Imo State, to establish a joint security outfit for the region, which is to be known as "Ebubeagu." While many people are hailing that decision, and saw the new security outfit as very necessary, and a timely response to the worsening security situation in the South East, others, however, are skeptical, insisting t...

BY DONS EZE We still remember former Ugandan dictator, Field Marshal Idi Amin Dada Oumee, President-for-life, who ruled Uganda with iron fist, from 1971 till 1978, when he was chased out of the country by the combined forces of Tanzanian and Ugandan soldiers? Idi Amin was a ruthless dictator. He was a man of action, and a no-nonsense man. Idi Amon was never a pretender. He always bared his mind on everything he thought about, and according to how he understood it. He had no time for niceties, o...

Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB leader We woke up last Monday to hear that "unknown gunmen" in a guerrilla style operation, had attacked the Imo State Police Command Headquarters and the Owerri Correctional Prison, raized scores of vehicles there, and freed detained inmates in their various facilities numbering about 1,800. We were thrown aback, overawed, surprised, and dumb-founded at such an horrific incident. Who did it, and for what purpose? We had hardly done with our question when, in a supersonic mann...

President Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari chose the best time to embark on his frequent medical tours to London to be the period when Nigeria doctors under the aegis of National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) is on strike due to poor condition of service and many other unfulfilled promises by the federal government. It did not prick the conscience of our President that while he was out to look after his own health in a well-equipped foreign hospital, the health of millions ...

Pope Francis The Popes word is like a decree, a law, unalterable. In the Catholic Church, they say that the "Pope is infallible". In other words, that the Pope, while sitting on his Chair, cannot make a mistake. As Vicar, or representative of Christ on earth, the Second Person of the Trinitarian God, the Pope would thus be speaking the word of God. For long, there was anxiety over what is the stand of Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church, on same sex marriage that is gaining currency acros...

An Almajiri school in Northern Nigeria Our brothers in the northern part of the country have told us that they do not want western education, that western education is evil (Boko Haram). Yet, we would not leave them alone. We would not listen to them. We would continue to force western education on them. We would insist that the people go to school, to learn about developments in modem world. That would be unfair. Former President Goodluck Jonathan made that mistake. He insisted that northern ...

Views: 346 After what looked like it has been forgotten, the federal government, at last, remembered the Eastern corridor of the Nigeria Railway in its rail rehabilitation project. President Muhammadu Buhari was reported to have performed the groundbreaking ceremony for commencement of work on the Eastern Corridor, last Tuesday. But unlike other railway projects in different parts of the country that are on Standard Gauge, such as the Lagos-Kano line, Abuja-Kaduna line, Lagos-Ibadan line, Warri...

Gradually, but steadily, the storm begins to gather. The firmament becomes misty and cloudy. The ship begins to drift, moving to no particular direction. People no longer see beyond their nose. No one trusts the other. Anxiety begins to mount, Tension grips the land. Uncertainty envelopes the atmosphere. Everybody begins to...The Advocate

Late Tony Momoh A great tragedy has befallen the Nigerian Press. Two big irokos, Tony Momoh - erudite scholar, essayist, newspaper administrator and politician; and Lateef Kayode Jakande, journalists journalist, newspaper administrator and politician, all fell in quick succession - in the month of February, 2021. Tony Momoh died on February 1, while Jakande died on February 11. February, what did the Nigerian Press do to you? Why pluck the two giants out of our midst? We are in deep mourning. W...